Corsi 417, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 417 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Breccia pavonazza, locality unknown |
| Geological description: | Polymict limestone/marble breccia-conglomerate with red, calcareous mudstone/lateritic matrix, and stylolites. Some residual fossils appear to be present. |
| Comments: | This is not breccia pavonazza bruna o del suffragio (see Corsi 945), the other stone that Corsi calls breccia pavonazza. |
| References: | Belli (1842) no.380; Borghini (1997) 178; Corsi (1845) 147-148; Gnoli (1988) 243-245; Pullen (1894) 84 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; i. Antique Breccias |
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| Corsi's text: | 115.29 Breccia pavonazza |